The subtle fragrance of cotton needles

"Your Highness Prince Luo certainly didn't come here to settle the marriage, right?" Xia Yanxiang didn't want to argue with Mo Yuchen anymore, so she quickly changed the subject.

Mo Yuchen also knew that this matter was not that easy, so he did not hold on to it: "The Third Miss is indeed very smart. I am just curious, why did the Third Miss attack Prince Yuan?"

Xia Yanxiang had never dealt with Mo Yuchen before, so she had no idea whether he really knew that she was the one who did it. "Your Highness, you are joking. I really didn't do anything to Your Highness, Prince Yuan. I don't understand what Your Highness means."

"Well, let me ask you something else. Why did the Third Miss go for an outing this year?" Most of the big shots in the capital city know Xia Yanxiang. After all, her uncle is the Right Prime Minister and her brother is General Pu Wei. However, Xia Yanxiang is low-key and humble. She doesn't like socializing and she doesn't go out all year round. Why did she go for an outing this year?

Xia Yanxiang frowned. What kind of question was this? Was it something a stranger like him should ask?

"Your Highness, I have already said today that I will discuss marriage in half a year. It is normal to go out and take a look, right?"

Mo Yuchen didn't believe it. He thought that there must be something wrong when things were abnormal. If that was the case, why didn't she attend the New Year's banquet held in the Nianguan Palace?

"But Miss Third said today that marriage should be decided by parents and that one can only pray for fate?"

Xia Yanxiang's doubts grew: "But I also said today that I went there with my sister to join in the fun."

Mo Yuchen didn't say anything this time.

Xia Yanxiang didn't hear Mo Yuchen's answer, but she knew he must not have left yet.

"Then what does Miss Three want from her future husband?"

Mo Yuchen said something nonsensical again, making Xia Yanxiang a little confused.

But before Xia Yanxiang could answer, Mo Yuchen spoke up again, "Forget it. Third Miss, have a good rest. Xiao Wang is leaving first."

Then the sound of someone jumping over the wall was heard outside.

Xia Yanxiang was even more confused. What did King Luo mean by that? He asked but didn't wait for her to answer?

The questions he asked were all private, which were not right for a foreigner and prince like him to ask.

"Empress, I am incompetent and do not know what kind of poison Your Highness has been poisoned by." A group of imperial doctors knelt on the ground tremblingly and replied to the queen.

The queen was so angry that the hairpin on her head was shaking: "Waste! A bunch of good-for-nothings! Why did I keep you? Prince Yuan became like this after going on an outing. There is no other reason except poisoning. Even so, you can't save Prince Yuan?"

Now the group of imperial doctors were completely silent.

"Empress! His Highness is vomiting blood!" The Queen was listening to the reports from the imperial doctors in the outer hall when she suddenly heard a palace maid in the inner room exclaim.

Now the queen could no longer sit still, so she stood up and went inside.

"Quick, go tell the Emperor!"

The next morning, Xia Yanxiang had not slept all night. She tossed and turned over Mo Yuchen's reaction several times, but she still couldn't understand what Mo Yuchen meant.

"Miss, are you up?" Anzhi knocked on the door.

"Come in." Xia Yanxiang replied absentmindedly. She also stood up and sat in front of the dressing table, staring at herself in the bronze mirror and frowning.

Anzhi pushed the door open and came in, holding a basin of water in her hand. Seeing Xia Yanxiang sitting in front of the dressing table, she brought the basin to Xia Yanxiang.

"Miss, I heard from a servant this morning that His Royal Highness Prince Yuan was carried back to the Empress' Pengyi Palace last night and has been unconscious ever since. The imperial physicians were summoned for treatment, but they were helpless. His Royal Highness Prince Yuan even vomited blood all night." An Zhi told Xia Yanxiang about this while helping her wash up.

Xia Yanxiang was not surprised at all, but still asked, "Didn't the emperor say anything?"

"The Emperor did send people to investigate the matter, but I guess there are no clues. After all, it was such a mess yesterday, the person who did it must have run away long ago. How could he be caught?"

Xia Yanxiang washed her hands and took another dry towel to wipe them: "Then the emperor did not ask His Royal Highness Prince Luo and His Royal Highness Prince Yu?"

"I don't know about that. I only know that Prince Luo returned to Prince Luo's mansion yesterday after sending Prince Yuan back to the palace. He did not go out again, and the emperor did not summon him to an audience."

Didn't go out? Then the person who came to her window yesterday was a ghost?

It seems that Mo Yuchen is quite capable, and there are probably few people inside and outside the palace who can see through him.

Xia Yanxiang pondered for a while and asked, "What about His Royal Highness Prince Yu?"

"Your Highness Prince Yu? His Highness Prince Yu returned to the palace yesterday and did not leave the palace. I don't know whether the emperor has summoned him or not."

Xia Yanxiang nodded, and then she realized something was wrong: "How do you know all this?"

An Zhi exclaimed, and then replied: "These things have spread all over the capital last night. I was afraid that someone had brought these things to me, but later I heard many servants in the mansion spread the same thing, even the master's personal servant was saying it, so I came to tell you."

That's good.

Xia Yanxiang nodded.